Changes
as of the November 2000 ElectionsState
Legislature: All 60 House seats and 15 of 30 Senate seats were up.
Republicans retained control of both chambers, although Democrats narrowed
the margins. House: 27D, 33R Senate: 14D, 16R.U.S.
House: No changes in the delegation.

1,559,215 total ballots counted;
on 25,247 ballots (1.6%) no vote for President was recorded--due to under
or over votes.

The election was conducted
entirely by mail. First day for mailing ballots:
Oct. 20, 2000. Registration deadline: Oct. 17, 2000.

OverviewIn 1996 Oregon provided
the best showing of any state for Ralph Nader's "non-campaign." With
Nader running an active campaign this time around, great attention focused
on how much the Nader factor would hurt Vice President Gore's chances.
Oregon became a closely fought battleground state. In the end, however,
the Gore-Lieberman ticket did prevail, winning the state's 7 electoral
votes by a plurality of 6,765 votes (0.44 percentage points). Bush
carried 28 counties to Gore's 8, but Gore's plurality of more than 100,000
votes in Multnomah County (Portland) won the day. Voters faced "the
most complex state ballot in Oregon's history;" in addition to the various
candidate races, 26 state measures crowded the ballot.General
Election Activity